Underneath the Namo Lakshmi Yojana, over seven lakh lady college students have obtained help of greater than Rs 174 crore, whereas beneath Namo Saraswati Yojana, greater than a lakh college students have obtained an help of an estimated over Rs 40 crore, the state authorities introduced Sunday.
With the intention of offering “top quality future-oriented schooling” to college students, the state authorities introduced these two new schemes within the state price range of 2024-25 within the schooling sector, the federal government acknowledged.
The state authorities goals to steadily enhance the variety of lady college students in secondary and better secondary colleges in addition to the variety of science stream college students within the state with these two schemes.
Namo Lakshmi Yojana has been launched to advertise schooling amongst ladies of economically weaker sections with a price range allocation of Rs 1,250 crore. Underneath this scheme, lady college students finding out in Class IX to XII in authorities, aided and personal colleges will get a complete of Rs 50,000 help. This consists of Rs 500 monthly throughout Class IX and X, together with Rs 10,000 after passing Class X. Aside from this, college students in Class XI and XII shall be paid Rs 750 monthly, totalling as much as Rs 15,000.
In addition to, after passing Class XII, they are going to obtain Rs 5,000 help. However, Namo Saraswati Yojana has been launched to advertise schooling in science stream programs for which the state authorities has allotted a price range of Rs 250 crore this 12 months.
Underneath this scheme, college students in Class XI and XII are paid Rs 1,000 monthly — a complete of Rs 10,000 in 10 months — together with Rs 5,000 after passing Class XII.